Athanasia Monika Mowinckel

Academic Interests
I am part of the cognitive and neuroscience division of the Department of Psychology. My PhD project is on decision making in adult ADHD, and how stimulant medication influences the decision making process in this patient group. I focus especially on reward based decisions (monetary rewards). In addition to this, I will try to see how adults with ADHD activate different brain areas during decisions and whether this is different to healthy controls, and how this process is altered by medication. This part of the project is done in collaboration with The Intervention Center at oslo University Hospital on their 3 Tesla Phillips scanner. As both ADHD and decision making are related to the catecholamines dopamine and serotonin, I am also generally interested in how these neurotransmitters influence our behaviour.
My PhD is part of a larger project with several researchers (please see panel to the right for link), and we cooperate with an ADHD clinic in Tønsberg, which is part of Vestre Viken Hospital Trust.
Apart from my PhD project, I am also very interested in instrinsic brain activation, measured through fMRI. Task-based fMRI looks for changes in bloodflow only equal to about 1%, what the brain does with the remaining 99% is something that has gained increasing interest in the neuroscientific field the last 10 years. This "resting state" can hopefully give us indications of how the brain is functionally organised, in comparison to the structural connectivity which is easier to measure. The hope is being able to use this intrinsic fMRI procedure to help diagnose functional problems, without patients needing to understand and remember complex experimental paradims.
Teaching
Higher education and employment history
I completed my Bachelor's (under-graduate) in Cognitive Psychology in 2009, and continued to take my Master's degree (2-year post-graduate) in Cognitive neuroscience right after this, both at the University of Oslo. My Master's project was about age-realted changes in resting state patterns in a large sample of adults spanning 20 - 80 years of age.
I worked for several years at Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Blakstad hospital, as a community worker in a department with mainly schizophrenics and persons with dual diagnosis problems. Additionally, I have worked for some years as a research assistent and a seminar leader at the University of Oslo.
Publications
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Wang, Yunpeng; Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe; Amlien, Inge; Baaré, William FC & Bartres-Faz, David [Show all 31 contributors for this article] (2021). Individual variations in ‘brain age’ relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change. eLIFE. ISSN 2050-084X. 10. doi: 10.7554/eLife.69995. Full text in Research Archive
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Fjell, Anders Martin; Grydeland, Håkon; Wang, Yunpeng; Amlien, Inge; Bartrés-Faz, David & Brandmaier, Andreas M. [Show all 24 contributors for this article] (2021). The genetic organization of longitudinal subcortical volumetric change is stable throughout the lifespan running title: Genetics of subcortical lifespan change. eLIFE. ISSN 2050-084X. 10, p. 1–22. doi: 10.7554/eLife.66466.
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Walhovd, Kristine Beate; Fjell, Anders Martin; Wang, Yunpeng; Amlien, Inge; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika & Lindenberger, Ulman [Show all 29 contributors for this article] (2021). Education and income show heterogeneous relationships to lifespan brain and cognitive differences across European and US cohorts. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 32(4), p. 839–854. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab248. Full text in Research Archive
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Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Sederevicius, Donatas; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm & Wang, Yunpeng [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Relationships between apparent cortical thickness and working memory across the lifespan - Effects of genetics and socioeconomic status. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. ISSN 1878-9293. 51, p. 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100997.
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Roe, James Michael; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sørensen, Øystein; Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Düzel, Sandra & Gonzalez, Hector A. [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2021). Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 12:721, p. 1–11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y.
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Sørensen, Øystein; Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Macià, Dídac; Ebmeier, Klaus; Ghisletta, Paolo & Kievit, Rogier A. [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2021). Meta-analysis of generalized additive models in neuroimaging studies. NeuroImage. ISSN 1053-8119. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117416.
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Walhovd, Kristine B; Bråthen, Anne Cecilie Sjøli; Panizzon, Matthew S.; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Sørensen, Øystein & de Lange, Ann-Marie Glasø [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2020). Within-session verbal learning slope is predictive of lifespan delayed recall, hippocampal volume, and memory training benefit, and is heritable. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 10, p. 1–13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78225-1. Full text in Research Archive
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Danielsen, Vilde Marie; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Sederevicius, Donatas; Fjell, Anders Martin & Walhovd, Kristine B [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Lifespan trajectories of relative corpus callosum thickness: Regional differences and cognitive relevance. Cortex. ISSN 0010-9452. 130, p. 127–141. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.05.020.
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Gorbach, Tetiana; Pudas, Sara; Bartrés-Faz, David; Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Düzel, Sandra & Henson, Rik [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2020). Longitudinal association between hippocampus atrophy and episodic‐memory decline in non‐demented APOE ε4 carriers. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring. ISSN 2352-8729. 12(1). doi: 10.1002/dad2.12110. Full text in Research Archive
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Fjell, Anders Martin; Sørensen, Øystein; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Bartrés-Faz, David; Brandmaier, Andreas M. & Buchmann, Nikolaus [Show all 32 contributors for this article] (2020). Poor Self-Reported Sleep is Related to Regional Cortical Thinning in Aging but not Memory Decline-Results From the Lifebrain Consortium. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. p. 1–17. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa332.
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Grydeland, Håkon; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika & Roe, James Michael [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2020). The Functional Foundations of Episodic Memory Remain Stable Throughout the Lifespan. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa348. Full text in Research Archive
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Parker, Nadine; Shin, Jean; French, Leon; Grydeland, Håkon & Jackowski, Andrea [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2020). Cellular correlates of cortical thinning throughout the lifespan. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 10(1), p. 1–14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-78471-3. Full text in Research Archive
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika & Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac (2020). Visualization of Brain Statistics With R Packages ggseg and ggseg3d. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science (AMPPS). ISSN 2515-2459. doi: 10.1177/2515245920928009.
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Walhovd, Kristine B; Fjell, Anders Martin; Sørensen, Øystein; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Reinbold, Céline Sonja & Idland, Ane-Victoria [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2020). Genetic risk for Alzheimer disease predicts hippocampal volume through the human lifespan. Neurology: Genetics. ISSN 2376-7839. 6(5). doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000506. Full text in Research Archive
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Ljøsne, Isabelle Sylvie Budin; Friedman, Barbara Bodorkos; Suri, Sana; Solé-Padullés, Cristina; Düzel, Sandra & Drevon, Christian A [Show all 24 contributors for this article] (2020). The global brain health survey: Development of a multi-language survey of public views on brain health. Frontiers In Public Health. ISSN 2296-2565. 8:387, p. 1–13. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00387. Full text in Research Archive
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Fjell, Anders Martin; Sørensen, Øystein; Amlien, Inge Kasbohm; Bartrés-Faz, David; Bros, Didac Macia & Buchmann, Nikolaus [Show all 28 contributors for this article] (2019). Self-reported sleep relates to hippocampal atrophy across the adult lifespan – results from the Lifebrain consortium. Sleep. ISSN 0161-8105. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz280. Full text in Research Archive
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Fjell, Anders Martin; Sneve, Markus Handal; Sederevicius, Donatas; Sørensen, Øystein; Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe & Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Volumetric and microstructural regional changes of the hippocampus underlying development of recall performance after extended retention intervals. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. ISSN 1878-9293. 40:100723, p. 1–12. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100723. Full text in Research Archive
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Fjell, Anders Martin; Chen, Chi-Hua Chen; Sederevicius, Donatas; Sneve, Markus Handal; Grydeland, Håkon & Krogsrud, Stine Kleppe [Show all 17 contributors for this article] (2019). Continuity and discontinuity in human cortical development and change from embryonic stages to old age. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 29(9), p. 3879–3890. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy266. Full text in Research Archive
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Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sneve, Markus Handal; Nyberg, Lars; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Sederevicius, Donatas & Walhovd, Kristine B [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Maintained Frontal Activity Underlies High Memory Function Over 8 Years in Aging. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 29(7), p. 3111–3123. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy177. Full text in Research Archive
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Alnæs, Dag; Pedersen, Mads Lund; Ziegler, Sigurd; Fredriksen, Mats & Kaufmann, Tobias [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2017). Increased default-mode variability is related to reduced task-performance and is evident in adults with ADHD. NeuroImage: Clinical. ISSN 2213-1582. 16, p. 369–382. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.03.008. Full text in Research Archive
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Ziegler, Sigurd; Pedersen, Mads Lund; Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika & Biele, Guido (2016). Modelling ADHD: A review of ADHD theories through their predictions for computational models of decision-making and reinforcement learning. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. ISSN 0149-7634. 71, p. 633–656. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.09.002.
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Pedersen, Mads Lund; Eilertsen, Espen Moen & Biele, Guido (2015). A Meta-Analysis of Decision-Making and Attention in Adults With ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders. ISSN 1087-0547. 19(5), p. 355–367. doi: 10.1177/1087054714558872. Show summary
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika; Espeseth, Thomas & Westlye, Lars Tjelta (2012). Network-specific effects of age and in-scanner subject motion: A resting-state fMRI study of 238 healthy adults. NeuroImage. ISSN 1053-8119. 63(3), p. 1364–1373. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.004. Show summary
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Roe, James Michael; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Sørensen, Øystein; Brandmaier, Andreas M.; Düzel, Sandra & Gonzalez, Hector A. [Show all 78 contributors for this article] (2022). Author Correction: Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease (Nature Communications, (2021), 12, 1, (721), 10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y). Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 13(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28514-2.
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2021). R and the tidyverse.
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2021). Make something random - learn something useful.
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2021). Zhoosh up your ggplots .
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2021). Advanced R use - package development in R .
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2021). A different type of database - talk about LCBC data base .
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2021). Talk on nettskjema R package.
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2021). Talk on the LCBC ggseg R-package.
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2020). Talk on gg-seg R package .
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2020). Talk on the LCBC ggseg R-package.
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Mowinckel, Athanasia Monika (2016). Re: Kronisk utmattelsessyndrom og erfaring med Lightning Process. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 136(7).